[chocomamey]

at this point im fairly lean ,like 6-8% Bf , years ago i've tried an approach of low carbs ,like 50 gr the last 2 weeks ,dehydrating 1 and a half day and also loading carbs 2 days before contest day but i read this post and caught my attention :

TESTOSTERONE NATION - Shredded in 6 Days

regardless of that .. is it better to deplete only for the last week?

[tunaman17]

dude don't dehydrate at all, its one of the worst things you can do. Think about it your muscles are 70% water, so if you want to have any chance of looking big hard and full you have to drink water. And don't do anything in extremes. My best bet for looking your best is keeping water high at all times, slowly lowering carbs then putting them back in the morning of

[bigcalves]

i would suggest keeping your carbs at 150 every 2 days and on the 3rd day drop to 100 grams then repeat. on the monday before show start lowing ur carbs to 50-75 till wed. then on thursday up your carbs(200-350grams) and drop your protein by(50-75grams) since u probably won't be training-just resting and posing and putin on pro tan of course,,your water intake should be around 2.5 gallons a day up until that wed, then drop to 1.5 gal, on thur drop to 1 gal and on fri, just limit to sips and none on saturday morning b4 prejudging. this way u should come in hard and veiny. I don't know what carbs u respond best too but i would suggest yams, a few cookies (simple carbs), maybe even some pizza on friday- jus go on how ur body looks friday-and don't forget ur rice cakes with sugar jelly... what show are you doing? i'm doing one on april 19th and another april 26th.

[ZackKnight]

do what bigcalves said. You should progressively deplete ur water. It'll give you much better results.

Also, day of the show if you take in some simple sugars before you go on ur veins will become slightly dilated and give you a much more veiny physique and will definitely get you noticed a little more. hope things go well man!